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UMTC Undergraduate Participation Data

At the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities

About 27% of UMTC undergraduate students studied abroad in 2024–25 (calculated based on the number of students abroad divided by the number of degrees granted that academic year).

The data below include all undergraduate students who participated in a learning abroad program through the Learning Abroad Center or Carlson Global Institute.

Top destinations by region (2025-26)

Africa

  1. Morocco
  2. Senegal
  3. South Africa/Tanzania

Americas

  1. Argentina
  2. Brazil
  3. Belize

Asia & Oceania

  1. South Korea
  2. Japan
  3. Australia

Europe

  1. Spain
  2. Italy
  3. France

How long do students spend abroad (2025-26)?

53% Short-term
46% Semester
1% Year-long

Who studies abroad (2025-26)?

61% Female
35% Male
4% Other/Not Specified

63% White
10% Asian
10% Two or more races
6% Black/African American
3% Hispanic/Latino
<1% American Indian/Alaska Native
8% No information/Not Specified

Undergraduate Student Participation by UMTC Collegiate Unit*    

Collegiate Unit2025–26 2024–25 2023–24 2022–23 
Carlson School of Management274311333367
College of Biological Sciences93788498
College of Continuing and Professional Studies41453127
College of Design93807377
College of Education and Human Development98105125109
College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences9795113124
College of Liberal Arts513537526533
College of Science and Engineering152158157144
School of Nursing2616228
School of Public Health591NA

*Data shows the numbers of undergraduate majors in each college who participated in a learning abroad program through the Learning Abroad Center or Carlson Global Institute. The sum of the college numbers is greater than the total number of UMTC students who went abroad that year because students are counted more than once if they have a major in more than one college.

Scholarships

The Learning Abroad Center awarded 260 scholarships totaling over $525,000 in 2025-26.

Pre-Health Student Resource Center Data

In January 2024, Pre-Health Student Resource Center analyzed the matriculation rates into health profession programs for students who studied abroad compared to those who did not study abroad. They determined that students who study abroad had statistically significant higher rates of acceptance* than those who do not. 
 
(*Rates of acceptance of admission into health professions programs- Osteopathic Medicine (DO), Podiatry, Dentistry, Medicine, Physician Assistant, Speech/Language, Optometry, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Veterinary Medicine)
 

Additional Information

Student Program Enrollment Report
The Twin Cities Learning Abroad Center uses an application and enrollment management tool called Slate for students going abroad (beginning Fall 2021). To request access please complete the Tableau Reports Request form.

Open Doors Report Website
Open Doors tracks the number of U.S. students who studied abroad for credit during the academic year.

For college or department level data, contact your departmental/collegiate liaison.